39 min

159: Money Talks #43: Launchpool Web3 Techstars AMA | Stripe Goes Crypto Again | Stories from Token 2049 MoneyNeverSleeps

    • Entrepreneurship

Eoin Fitzgerald and Pete Townsend dive headfirst into insights from the first AMA session on the Launchpool Web3 Techstars Accelerator, then look at Stripe’s re-entry into crypto and what they’d miss if they stayed on the sidelines, Pete shares some stories from the Token 2049 conference last week in London, and Eoin tees up some unique insights on embedded finance through the lens of NerdWallet’s IPO filing and Productfy’s $16mn Series A.

MAIN STORIES COVERED:

Highlights from 1st AMA (ask-me-anything) on the Launchpool Web3 Techstars Accelerator in Dublin (YouTube, 13-Oct-21)

Stripe goes back to the crypto future (Charlie Taylor @ Irish Times, 13-Oct-21)

Stories from Token 2049 in London last week (Business Insider, 11-Oct-21)

NerdWallet’s IPO filing reveals high-margin content business, accelerating marketing spend (Techcrunch, 11-Oct-21)

OTHER STORIES/REFERENCES:

‘Shopify of embedded finance’ startup Productfy grabs $16 million in funding (ITMunch, 10-Oct-21)

Proposed Bank Jewel Wants to Become a Global Stablecoin Issuer, With Bermuda’s OK (Coindesk, 13-Oct-21)

Plaid Report: The Fintech Effect - Fintech’s Mass Adoption Moment (Plaid Blog, 12-Oct-21)

LINKS:

Leave a review and subscribe on Podchaser| Apple Podcasts | Spotify| Google| Overcast

Check out our MoneyNeverSleeps website

Subscribe to our newsletter on Substack

Follow us on Twitter Podcast| Twitter Pete| Twitter Eoin

Get in touch at info@moneyneversleeps.ie


---

Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/moneyneversleeps/message

Eoin Fitzgerald and Pete Townsend dive headfirst into insights from the first AMA session on the Launchpool Web3 Techstars Accelerator, then look at Stripe’s re-entry into crypto and what they’d miss if they stayed on the sidelines, Pete shares some stories from the Token 2049 conference last week in London, and Eoin tees up some unique insights on embedded finance through the lens of NerdWallet’s IPO filing and Productfy’s $16mn Series A.

MAIN STORIES COVERED:

Highlights from 1st AMA (ask-me-anything) on the Launchpool Web3 Techstars Accelerator in Dublin (YouTube, 13-Oct-21)

Stripe goes back to the crypto future (Charlie Taylor @ Irish Times, 13-Oct-21)

Stories from Token 2049 in London last week (Business Insider, 11-Oct-21)

NerdWallet’s IPO filing reveals high-margin content business, accelerating marketing spend (Techcrunch, 11-Oct-21)

OTHER STORIES/REFERENCES:

‘Shopify of embedded finance’ startup Productfy grabs $16 million in funding (ITMunch, 10-Oct-21)

Proposed Bank Jewel Wants to Become a Global Stablecoin Issuer, With Bermuda’s OK (Coindesk, 13-Oct-21)

Plaid Report: The Fintech Effect - Fintech’s Mass Adoption Moment (Plaid Blog, 12-Oct-21)

LINKS:

Leave a review and subscribe on Podchaser| Apple Podcasts | Spotify| Google| Overcast

Check out our MoneyNeverSleeps website

Subscribe to our newsletter on Substack

Follow us on Twitter Podcast| Twitter Pete| Twitter Eoin

Get in touch at info@moneyneversleeps.ie


---

Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/moneyneversleeps/message

39 min